Table 3.

Pre- and posttreatment laboratory values between the groups.

Parameter	Fe+3 group	Fe+2 group	P
Hg (g/dL)	0.95 ± 0.74	2.25 ± 0.94	S
Htc (%)	2.62 ± 2.07	5.9 ± 2.3	S
RBC (×1012/L)	0.24 ± 0.14	0.32 ± 0.33	NS
Ferritin (ng/dL)	4.13 ± 7.5	4.05 ± 10.2	NS
TIBC	19.5 ± 53.3	36.8 ± 71.9	S